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	Windows Hardware & Software HP SkyRoom: Sharing is Nice You might look at HP SkyRoom and see a videoconferencing system, which indeed it is. But it is also a powerful tool for desktop sharing and collaboration, taking advantage of advanced technologies for maximum performance. Feature Author: Tim Wilson

	Media 100 | Media 100 HD MultiClip Editing in Media 100 Suite In this new video tutorial, Floh Peters of Magic Eye takes a look at Media 100 Suite's new MultiClip Editing feature. Ideal for music videos, studio and on-location television, concerts, and live events, MultiClip Editing facilitates real-time editing of multiple video and audio sources in a familiar, easy-to-use interface. A camera can be added to an existing MultiClip as its source media becomes available, allowing you to begin cutting a multicam shoot faster than ever before. Cameras can be synced via timecode, sync marks, or in-points. When syncing via timecode, additional footage can even be assigned to an existing camera - extremely helpful in situations where a camera has been stopped to change tapes or batteries. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Floh Peters

	HD High-End Driving Toward Success No matter how unexpected and varied the routes, the roads to success are often marked by customer service, attention to detail, and the imagination to see that success is even possible. Feature, People / Interview Author: Philip Garvin

	DaVinci - NEW ! DaVinci - Rebuilding the Brand for the 21st Century How's this for chutzpah? The DaVinci customers at Blackmagic Design buy the company, to set it back on the right path - making big investments, expanding service while slashing fees, accelerating development, and rebuilding Da Vinci from their own experience as its customers. Feature, People / Interview Author: Grant Petty

	Art of the Edit Making Big Plans Today, South Africa. Tomorrow, the world. Eugen and his colleagues at 3DTree carefully plan every job, plan how to extend their creativity - and yes, their expansion into Hollywood. Feature, People / Interview Author: Eugen Olsen

	DaVinci - NEW ! Blackmagic & DaVinci, and What It Means Blackmagic founder Grant Petty says that the company's purchase of DaVinci systems actually fits exactly what they have done all along: build the kinds of products they have needed for their own postproduction business, and being the kind of company they'd want to do business with. While important details are still being worked out, Grant has some very clear visions about how these practices can help rebuild one of the industry's most respected brands. People / Interview Author: Grant Petty

	Cinematography The Redrock Micro DSLR Cinema Bundle for the Canon 5D MKII If you are using the Canon 5D MKII or Nikon D90 for their gorgeous HD video, or even thinking about it, you need to read this. Creative COW Contributing Editor Jim Harvey shows how the Redrock Micro DSLR Bundle makes these cameras even more useful for video shooters, then shows how he and other pros are using it, in the field and in the studio. Jim is enthusiastic about the possiblities it opens up, and thinks you will be too. Review Author: Jim Harvey

	HD High-End HD Unleashed In this review from The Creative COW Magazine, Charles Papert, SOC, sets his Steadicam free with wireless, uncompressed HD using the IDX CAM~WAVE. Review Author: Charles Papert

	Creative COW Magazine feedback The more things change... the more they change! One project took four years, and included unprecedented interactivity, Java-enabled delivery of new material to network-connected Blu-ray players, and auto updating interfaces. This is not a problem solved by a $1000 software suite. Editorial Author: Tim Wilson

	Business & Marketing Heavy Iron How can a creative business survive, much less prosper, these days? DigitalFilm Tree's Zed Saeed offers a possible solution that combines embracing new, disruptive, low-cost technologies, and investing wisely to add value. Editorial, Business Author: Zed Saeed

	Apple Final Cut Pro Final Cut Studio 3 is here, and all is good! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, likes to live for danger. He installed a major software upgrade mid-project, with virtually no preparation, just to see what would break. Lo and behold, it all worked! And the more Jiggy works with it, the better he's liking it. Join him in this Creative COW, Real-world, Real-time Report on Final Cut Studio 3. Review Author: Jiggy Gaton

	Indie Film & Documentary Film? Really? Yes, Really. Even all-digital, file-based films are still shown mostly on film. That's why Mike Lehman is helping indie filmmakers get their work onto the worldwide standard for theatrical exhibition. Editorial Author: Mike Lehman

	Live & Stage Events Flypacking for the Dalai Lama Need a single, portable production package for image magnification, broadcast and webcast - all at the same time? Don't panic. Let Todd Gillespie's experience help lead you to inner peace. Editorial Author: Todd Gillespie

	Broadcast Video Bessie's New Tool Round-up There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes. Review Author: Cowdog

	Sony Vegas Sony Vegas Pro 9 In this article, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a look the new release of Vegas Pro 9 and determines ...This is one of the most comprehensive editing suites out there and certainly the most comprehensive version of VEGAS to be released. Review Author: Jim Harvey

	Cinematography Focus on Controlling Depth of Field with Depth of Field Converters Cinematographer and Creative Cow leader Todd Terry has shot countless television commercials and industrials using both 35mm film and depth-of-field converted video. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra, from The Visual Effects Issue, learn how depth of field converters allow you to attach 35mm lenses even to video cameras with fixed lenses, how they work, and which one might be right for you. Feature Author: Todd Terry

	Art of the Edit Metadata & The Future of Filmmaking In this expanded version of an interview first published in Creative Cow Magazine, Dave describes a possible future for filmmaking -- faster, less expensive, and more creative -- as cameras and metadata come together. Feature Author: Dave Stump

	Audio Professionals Audio Mixing for DV and HDV: PSC DV Promix 3 Brandt Sleeper shows how PSCs DV ProMix 3 will help your DV and HDV recordings sound better than ever -- bars and tone, calibration, for one or several cameras. Could this be the field mixer youve been waiting for? Review Author: Brandt Sleeper

	Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! The 3DVX Stereoscopic, uncompressed 10-bit HD RAW - from a pair of modded DVX100s! Feature, People / Interview Author: Jason Goodman

	Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! Tiny Stereoscopic Rigs - Big Pictures In this article from the Stereoscopic 3D issue of The Creative COW Magazine, Bernie Laramie, co-founder of Stereoscope, discusses rigs and stereoscopic hardware used in creating high-end 3D movies. Tutorial, Feature, People / Interview Author: Bernie Laramie

	Motion Graphics - How Do I? Zoe LANC Zoom Controller Creative COW leader and Emmy winning Cameraman, Wayne Orr takes a look at the ZOE-DV Lanc zoom controller. Find out why this is exciting news for owners of the popular prosumer cameras. Review Author: Wayne Orr

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